"Rock Band 4" release date has finally been confirmed.
According to Harmonix, the highly anticipated musical instrument-themed game will be released on consoles including PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360.
However, the gaming studio also revealed that they will no longer bring "Rock Band 4" to PC.
Project lead Daniel Sussman told Eurogamer via Game Spot that they are planning to "switch audiences," hence there will no longer be a PC release.
"The library is not there on PC," Sussman said. "The library is there on Xbox and PlayStation. So, for players who want it on PC, really you're looking at a new audience that hasn't played before, and I don't know to what degree there is an audience for new players who have never played Rock Band before on the PC. That's one piece of it."
Furthermore, Sussman explained the real reason behind the company's decision in not providing a "Rock Band 4" PC release date.
Harmonix is reportedly trying to avoin music piracy that's why they wanted to stick to console releases only.
"The other piece is all the security issues, to be perfectly frank," Sussman said. "There's something comforting about the closed network that comes along with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That's important to our partners in the music industry. Not to say that's an unsolvable problem."
"We're not concerned about software piracy on PC. We have and will release games for PC. In fact, last year we released A City Sleeps for PC, Mac, and Linux. As Daniel stated, the security in question is related to licensed music in the game. PlayStation4 and Xbox One have robust functionality in that area. It's added security that's handled by the platform holders. In the case of more open platforms like PC, we're responsible for that. It's something we can build. It's not off the table for the future, however we're first focusing on delivering Rock Band 4 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this holiday."
Meanwhile, Mad Catz announced that "Rock Band 4" release date is going to be this year and it's going to feature old and new songs in its line up.
"Due for release later this year on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, 'Rock Band 4' is going to BLOW YOU AWAY," it said on its statement.
"A love-letter to fans of the franchise, 'Rock Band 4' is set to take music gaming to the next level! In addition to a killer on-disc soundtrack, 'Rock Band 4' will support vast numbers of tracks released since the 2007 launch of the original 'Rock Band.' Harmonix is confident that day one, 'Rock Band 4' will deliver the most music, period!"
